Category Archives: Jurian’s Blog

The new moon is here. First one of the new year. It’s the perfect time to set intentions. The question is, What do I want to be my guiding principle of 2018? On June 11, 2003 I smoked my last cigarette. When I count the things that I’m most grateful for in my life, “I…

I've just returned from a three-week trip to Nepal. During that trip I spent 11 days trekking. "Trekking," as it turns out, means mountain hiking. (Hmmm. Probably should have looked that up before I booked the trip.) Trekking, in fact, refers to very, very, very tall mountains; not the wussy little hills of the American…

It’s too much…the reckless madman and his cronies…Mother Nature and her devastating tirades…the ever-increasing number of tasks with which we all seem expected to keep up…the absurd amount of information and technology being designed to “simplify our lives”, which only results in separating us further from the meaningful lives we had intended to live... How…

A little more than 12 years ago, I found myself at Kripalu for the first time. I was desperate to get out of New York, where life was stressful and not heading where I wanted it to. I’d spent most of my life up until that time as a theater actress (Broadway, off-Broadway, the regions,…

In the face of recent horrors -- Harvey, Irma, Maria, Mexican earthquakes, Oregon fires, and the never-ending torrent of absurdity spewing out of Washington, I found myself earlier this week taking great comfort from a TED Radio Hour podcast entitled, “To Endure”. One excerpt in particular spoke to me. Guy Raz interviewed Zanaib Salbi, a…

“Begin again.” These words showed up spontaneously in this collage I created during my recent A Wild Life Sanctuary™ retreat. (What a fabulous time Jovinna Chan and I had! Thank you to Omega Institute and to all who joined us. Save the date; we’ll be back next year, Aug 24 – 31, 2018, for more…

"What are my life priorities?" Like Hansel and Gretel and their trail of breadcrumbs, I have to return to this question for myself on a regular basis to ask if I'm still headed in the direction I want to be going. If I'm not careful I veer off onto old well-worn paths that are familiar…